Brassiere



K. PAUK BRAS'SIERE Get. 23. 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed March 21, 1955Oct. 23, 1956 K. PAUK 2,767,402

BRASSIERE Filed March 21; 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 United States Patent2,767,402 BRASSIERE Kathe Pauk, Brighton, South Australia, AustraliaApplication March 21, 1955, Serial No. 495,509 Claims priority,application Australia March 22, 1954 3 Claims. (Cl. 2-42) This inventionrelates to improvements in and to brassieres and in particular itrelates to a pad for a brassiere which may be used by nursing mothers.

A particular difficulty encountered with nursing brassieres is thenecessity for adequate absorption of moisture or milk.

A further ditficulty encountered with this type of brassiere is thepossibility of the moisture passing through the brassiere to theclothing and it is therefore the object of this invention to overcomethese difliculties and to provide a pad for use with a brassiere whichis so shaped that it will be retained in position between the actualbrassiere and the breast and is also retained suitably with respect tothe brassiere. A further object is to provide a special brassiere.

In accordance with this invention the pad is substantially round but hasa radial cut extending from the outer periphery to substantially thecentre. The effect of cutting the pad in this manner provides aneffective means of folding over the two cut portions so that the pad maybe shaped into substantially conical form with portion of the peripheryof the cone formed by a double or overlapping padding. Thus if thedouble padded portion is retained towards the lower portion of thebreast by suitably attaching it to a brassiere then this will givedouble protection against moisture.

The pad itself may have an outwardly projecting piece of material, strapor the like which passes from the top of the pad and is oppositelydisposed to the cut thereon so that it may be attached to the strapactually supporting the brassiere or any suitable member above thebreast.

A suitable brassiere on which the pads may be supported is formed withtwo members to take the pads each being arranged so that it may folddown when the holding strap is disconnected and each ventilated to suitthe use of a pad, special adjustment means being also included to ensurea good fit. While a brassiere is shown to illustrate a suitable form ofsupport for the pad, the invention may be used with other shapes ofbrassieres.

In order however that the invention may be more clearly understood, anembodiment of same will now be described with reference to theaccompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a pad as manufactured,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof,

Fig. 3 is a view corresponding to Fig. 1 but showing the pad in itsshaped position as when in use,

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of same in this position,

Fig. 5 is a schematic section showing the composition of the pad, and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the brassiere with pads thereon.

According to the construction shown, the pad 1 is of circular shapehaving a cut 2 extending upwardly to just past the center and having atthe top of the pad a tab 3 whereby it may be attached to locking means.

The pad is built up of two outer layers 4 and 5 of gauze of any suitabletype, the gauze preferably being cut to have the tabs 3 as part thereof.

In contact with the inner face of each gauze member 4 and 5 areabsorbent paper discs 6 and 7, the inner disc 6 having adjacent it threelayers 8 of cellulose wool,

the outer layer of cellulose wool being isolated from the absorbentpaper discs 7 by a perforated member 9 formed of a moisture resistantmaterial, the purpose of this being to give some degree of isolation ofmoisture but the perforations allowing the passage of some amount of airtherethrough.

It will of course be realised that the pad may be built up in adifferent way but the method outlined has been found very suitable andto give good protection particularly as the pad when in use overlaps atthe lower portion as shown more particularly in Figs. 3 and 4 and adouble thickness is thus given at this locality.

The extent of overlapping will of course decide the depth of the conewhich results and this therefore allows the units to be fitted in asimple manner because it is only necessary to control the degree ofoverlap when applying to select the depth of cone needed.

The pad may be stitched around its edge but is preferably joined bypressure when cutting the materials out, the cutting action forming ajoin sufiiciently strong for the purpose when layers of the material tobe joined are placed into the correct relationship and cut by a die.

Any other joining means may however be used.

The brassiere itself holds the pads as shown more particularly in Fig.6, it having a pair of front portions 10 projecting upwardly from a band11 having a pair of straps i2 joining these front portions 10 to anelastic strip 13. The straps 12 and strip 13 hold the band on the body.The strip 13 itself is connected by means of a pair of shoulder straps14 to ribbons 15 attached at their lower edges to the top of the frontportions 10 and connected to the shoulder straps 14 by means of clips16.

The ribbons 15 carry loops 17 into which the tabs 3 of the pads 1 can beengaged and held.

The front portions 10 are interengaged by a plurality of adjustablestraps 18 which allow adequate control of the shape, and of course thestraps 12 are also provided with adjusting means of any normal type.

The upper parts of the front portiotns 10 have windows 19 formed of openmesh material to allow breathing therethrough and to give access of airto the pads and it will be realised that by disconnecting the clips 16the upper parts of the front portions 10 can be dropped down and thepads 1 can be readily changed by unhooking the tabs 3 from the loops 17when these upper parts of the front portions 10 are swung down.

What I claim is:

1. An improved pad for use in brassieres, formed of outer layers ofgauze, said gauze enclosing absorbent material, said gauze and absorbentmaterial being of substantially round shape and radially cut to allowthe initially fiat pad to be shaped into conical form.

2. An improved pad for use in brassieres, formed of outer layers ofgauze, absorbent paper discs adjacent said gauze, layers of cellulosewool between said discs, and a perforated paper member on one sidebetween the cellulose wool and the absorbent paper disc, said pad beingof substantially round shape and having a cut to allow the initiallyfiat pad to be shaped into conical form.

3. An improved pad for use in brassieres,. as set forth in claim 2wherein the pad has a tab opposite the cut.

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